learn
verb (used with object)
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience.
was learning
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past progressiveof learn.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Back in Columbia, Monk was learning all this the hard way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Evatt started treatment in March 2020, around the same time that the rest of the world was learning about Moderna and its mRNA-based vaccines, and whether they could prevent COVID-19 infections.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
"They were teaching me what being a teenager was for them and I was learning all the songs like five years later."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
I was learning that many aspects of our day-to-day lives are apparently bad for our nervous systems: Working too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
I was learning how to connect my message to my image, and in this way I could direct the American gaze.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
